The stone cross planned for the base of the Statue of Liberty blew the fuse at the DK leader.
Ferenc Gyurcsány thoroughly worked on the project of the National Hauszmann Program aimed at renovating the Citadel, including the design of the stone cross designed for the base of the Statue of Liberty, which, according to the Castle Administration, is the most important symbol of 1100 years of Hungarian statehood, Western Christianity and European culture. However, according to Ferenc Gyurcsány, he has nothing to earn there, because less than half of Hungarians declared themselves Christian in the last census.
"The pedestal of Zsigmond Stróbl's Statue of Liberty will receive a huge stone cross. If they have decided, then the cross will stand if it breaks, if it tears," began Ferenc Gyurcsány in a voluminous Facebook post that can be said to be almost usual for him.
In his latest post, the president of the Democratic Coalition presumably reacted to the fact that a cross will be placed on the base of the Statue of Liberty as part of the renovation of the Citadel, which is expected to be completed by 2026, but allegedly despite the request of the heirs of Zsigmond Strobl Kisfaludi.
"They are not interested in what the legal heirs of Stróbl ask for, nor what the chief architect of the capital thinks. What do they have to do with it? asks the power. Really, what do we have to do with it?” Ferenc Gyurcsány protested.
The politician explains in his writing that Hungary is not even a Christian state, only in name, so it is unjustified to place a cross on the public work. This is justified, among other things, by the fact that less than half of the people in the country declared themselves Christian in the last census.
Within the framework of the National Hauszmann Program, the renovation of the Citadella is already in full swing, thanks to which, among other things, the green space in the area will increase by one and a half times, and a new public park will be created inside the fortress wall.
The Statue of Liberty will soon be visible in its renewed form
We place a cross on the pedestal, the most important symbol of the 1,100-year-old Hungarian statehood, Western Christianity and European culture. A cross will be placed on the pedestal designed by the Stalinist Borisz Jofan, where the statue of the Soviet soldier used to stand, the Castle Administration informed in its announcement earlier, and this has blown the fuse for the President of the DK.
"We are trying to arrange the world on earth based on the dreams, desires, intentions, and talents of the people living here, and not by scrutinizing and aligning with the intentions of the creator God," the politician briefly concluded the question of Hungary's Christianity, adding that he is not at all interested in what people think about this. church and political leaders, "because this is the situation".
– You can argue against it, but the fact is that people's main point of alignment in their lives is the search for their own happiness and satisfaction, not conformity to God. This is the situation, he wrote.
Ferenc Gyurcsány also stated that "the state does have a constitution, but it does not have a religious worldview, so the state cannot be Christian". He then added that the state may represent value and may have an opinion on good and bad, but "in all cases, the source of that is man himself, not God."
In the end, the president of the DK, after a long time, gets to the point of saying that, in fact, a stone cross should not be placed at the base of the Statue of Liberty, because he has a problem, a "dispute" with the clergy.
Cover image: Even Gyurcsány's cross hurts
Source: MTI/Róbert Hegedűs
